Breaded, stewed tomatoes were almost a "staple" when I was growing up in central PA. I think the bread was simply used to sop up some of the tomato juice so they had a bit more stability. I know also that we were served breaded stewed tomatoes in the cafeteria at State College Hi School occasionally and they were even an optional vegetable on the menu at the restaurant where I worked in State College during my hi school years. Until a couple of wks ago (on this list), I'd never heard of the idea of dumplings in stewed tomatoes, however. But as I said then, I don't see how you can ever go wrong with dumplin's. Always delish!! --Fred in MN ================================= In a message dated 1/23/2007 9:36:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, scanning through my husband's ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - deceased) Family Tree data and as I was raised in WV we would have stewed tomatoes and bread broken up and stirred in the stew, but we didn't have dumplings. Now I wonder if the broken bread idea took the place of the dumplings. My background with ancestors from PA. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

Our tomates were made with home canned whole tomatoes, heated, then the dumplings dropped in. Never had them with bread until college. Still have to find anyone who had similar diah!! Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:51 AM Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] dumplings and tomatoes Breaded, stewed tomatoes were almost a "staple" when I was growing up in central PA. I think the bread was simply used to sop up some of the tomato juice so they had a bit more stability. I know also that we were served breaded stewed tomatoes in the cafeteria at State College Hi School occasionally and they were even an optional vegetable on the menu at the restaurant where I worked in State College during my hi school years. Until a couple of wks ago (on this list), I'd never heard of the idea of dumplings in stewed tomatoes, however. But as I said then, I don't see how you can ever go wrong with dumplin's. Always delish!! --Fred in MN ================================= In a message dated 1/23/2007 9:36:00 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi, scanning through my husband's ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - deceased) Family Tree data and as I was raised in WV we would have stewed tomatoes and bread broken up and stirred in the stew, but we didn't have dumplings. Now I wonder if the broken bread idea took the place of the dumplings. My background with ancestors from PA. [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message